“I want to resist the impulse to see my students as numerical marks to be ranked against each other. Instead, I encourage their individuality, unique ways of seeing the world, and habits of thought to become partners in the evaluation process.”
Read MoreDo Rabbis Belong in Early Jewish Christian Relations?
“In doing so, this scholarship reinforces a hegemonic Christian perspective that assumes that scholars of Christianity can speak on behalf of Jews because they are peripheral or secondary aids to the study of Christianity. It is a different but just as pernicious form of Jewish erasure that must be reckoned with.”
Read MoreIncantation Bowls and Embodied Knowledge
“It was important to me that my students see incantation bowls as more than symbols, or even just textual incantations, but as a real form of knowledge embodied in relationships between human subjects, divine beings, and material objects.”
Read MoreChavruta and the Culture of Partnered Learning
Krista Dalton describes using chavruta text-study as a habitual part of the religious studies classroom.
Read MoreBook Note | The Invention of Judaism
Originally delivered as a series of lectures at Berkley in 2013, Collins seeks to synthesize recent scholarly debates about the nature of ancient Jewish (or Judean) identity. In particular, Collins examines the role the Torah, or Law of Moses, played in the formation of a distinct religious and cultural way of life.
Read MoreUsing Harry Potter to Construct a Canon
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows; image from Flickr.
Wilkinson, Women and Modesty in Late Antiquity
Kate Wilkinson’s Women and Modesty in Late Antiquity argues that Christian ascetic modesty was challenging work.
Read MoreBreed, Nomadic Text: A Theory of Biblical Reception History
In Nomadic Text: A Theory of Biblical Reception History, Brennan Breed argues that the way we describe the Hebrew Bible’s original text and reception is fundamentally flawed.
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